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Lawyers in New York have filed the first ever lawsuit against U-S retailers for the mistreatment of workers in foreign-owned factories operating on American soil.
The factories are located in the U-S territory of Saipan, a small island in the South Pacific.
The workers and human rights groups filed three lawsuits in California and Saipan over the sale of these goods, many marked "Made in the U.S.A.," attorney Al Meyerhoff said at a news conference.
Among the 18 companies named in the suits are The Limited, Wal-Mart, Sears, The Gap, Tommy Hilfiger, the May Company, J. Crew, Oshkosh B'Gosh, Associated Merchandising, Cutter & BuckInc., Gymboree Manufacturing, Lane Bryant Inc., Warnaco and Dayton-Hudson Inc., which owns Marshall Fields.
These companies either had no comment or did not immediately return calls.
Meyerhoff said that Saipan - the main island of the Northern Mariana Islands, an American commonwealth in the central Pacific - "is America's worst sweatshop."
The lawsuits accuse the companies of violating federal law by engaging in a racketeering conspiracy with the foreign-owned subcontractors in Saipan in the past decade.
It's the first legal attempt to hold U.S. retailers accountable for alleged mistreatment of workers under the federal Racketeering Influences CorruptOrganization (RICO) laws, Meyerhoff said.
The subcontractors allegedly force people to work up to 12 hours a day, seven days a week, and pay them below the legal minimum wage of $3.05.
Many of the workers earn less than $500 a month, said Carmencita Abad, a Filipino native who spent six years on the island - a sleepy, 13-mile-long sugar cane island - working for one of the companies.
The workers, mostly young women, live as many as eight to a room in guarded barracks enclosed by barbed wire. They have no access to drinking water except the bottled water they're forced to buy, and the only bathing water available to many is the sea, according to
Ms. Abad. Many had paid as much as $7,000 to be brought to Saipan "and they were promised the American Dream," said Meyerhoff.
"We were afraid to complain," said Ms. Abad, adding that she had seen workers beaten when they questioned working conditions.
She said that quality inspectors representing The Gap had visited her factory, but conditions did not change after they left.
"I took the job because, like millions of people, I wanted to come to America," she said.
The companies also are being sued under the Alien Tort Claims Act, a centuries-old law enacted to deal with pirates and allows actions to be brought by a foreign national for human rights violations.
In addition to workers from the Philippines, the labor force on Saipan comes from China, Bangladesh and Thailand. The factories in which they work are owned mostly by Chinese, Japanese and Korean subcontractors to the U.S. companies.
Together, the three lawsuits are seeking more than $1 billion in damages, disgorgement of profits and unpaid wages for conditions that allegedly have persisted in the past decade.
The federal government last year estimated that the companies collectively saved more than $200 million in duties for $1 billion worth of garments shipped from Saipan, which is duty free and does not fall under U.S. immigration laws.
The workers' two class-action suits were filed in federal courts in California and Saipan. The human rights groups - Global Exchange, SweatshopWatch, Asian Law Caucus and the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees - filed their
lawsuit in California state court.
The other companies named in the lawsuits are The Dress Barn and Jones Apparel Group, Nordstrom and J.C. Penney.
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Gov. RalphDLGTorres signs into law a bill that legalizes the medicinal and recreational use of marijuana.

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KSPN looks further into the recent report released by the AG regarding the investigation of Mafnas. The AG reached the conclusion that no law was broken because it was a question "would you like me to shoot you?" which constitutes more of an offer than a threat. The AG goes on to end the interviews by saying "based on what they saw, would they prosecute?" and answers by saying "No" . However this contracts two recent prosecutions the AG has conducted on a boy that yelled at his mom. The most recent incident he "asked" his mom if she wanted him to hit her after she slapped him. It is difficult for the public not to question what appears to be a very clear double standard. A Police officer asks an innocent bystander if he wants him to hand cuff and shoot him and that is not prosecution. A teenager gets slapped by his mom and shouts "do you want me to hit you" and storms off and the AG has him arrested, jailed and tried for disturbing the peace.
VideoSource: KSPN2 News

Suspect beaten after leading officers on a highspeed chase on Saipan which ended after suspect's vehicle rolled over.
"The CNMI Department of Public Safety issued a statement after a video began circulating on social media showing what appears to be officer(s) repeatedly beating suspects that were involved in a high speed chase Friday night in Saipan. According to a press release from CNMI’s DPS at around 10:15pm on Friday, a police officer witnessed a white 2011Toyota Yaris speeding along Beach Road, Chalan Laulau near the Mayor’s office. A hot pursuit began with the suspect car weaving between vehicles. The chase passed through Garapan during which the suspect car nearly hit several pedestrians. Police would continue pursuing the car through Tanapag, Fina SisuVillage, Chalan Kanoa and eventually lost control, hit an embankment and flipped over in Koblerville village. According to the press release the hot pursuit lasted about 40 minutes with several people almost being struck. Just before 11:00pm arrested were the driver 31-year-old VincentSan Nicolas Norita and the passenger 31-year-old Joe E. Ada. Norita was arrested for multiple charges of reckless driving, speeding, and unsafe lane change. Ada was charged with possession of an illegal controlled substance. Following the incident, KUAM received viewer video of what transpired after the chase ended. DPS Public Information OfficerJason Tarkong confirms an investigation has been launched “the incident is currently being investigated by both the DPS Internal AffairsUnit and the Office of the Attorney GeneralInvestigationDivision (AGID). AGID is the lead agency in this ongoing investigation,” he stated.
Video submitted by: Zaji O. Zajradhara
(WARNING: video contains explicit language)"

published:09 Dec 2016

views:2520

This segment originally aired on the June 22nd, 2014 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV.
Corporate America has launched an all out assault on the very people that keep them running -- American workers. Business groups like the US Chamber of Commerce want to dismantle all worker protections, and create a system in America that would resembles a Saipan sweatshop economy.
Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio talks about this with attorney David Hersh.
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If you are striving to build a career as a speaker or consultant, you may want to learn how to get federal judges and U.S. Attorneys to pay you thousands to speak. My name isMichael Santos and I was in prison for 26 years. During those 26 years, I prepared every day. Clear steps led me to overcome that struggle. Those steps allowed me to build credentials while I was in prison and to achieve goals. Those goals led to opportunities upon my release. Each opportunities opened new options that led to financial stability.
If you want to build a career as a speaker or consultant, you want to grow. The salient point is that we always need to develop how we think. We need to build mindfulness and critical thinking skills. Those strategies empowered me through 26 years in federal prison. They can empower you, too.
In this video, I reveal how I received an invitation from U.S. AttorneyAlicia Limtiaco and from the senior U.S.District Court JudgeFrances Tydingco-Gatewood to visit Guam and Saipan for a one-week speaking engagement. I traveled to speak with many representatives of Guam’s leadership, including media, business representatives, leaders of prisons and law enforcement and business development. That one week trip generated tens of thousands of dollars in revenues, but it also allowed me to influence thousands of people.
If you’re striving to build a career as a speaker or consultant, you may find some guidance in this video. Learn how to sell yourself and build your pathway to success.
If you want to learn more about how to overcome struggle and prepare for success, you should make sure to read the examples I offer in my free book. Get your copy by clicking the links below.
If you liked this video, please give it thumbs up! Subscribe to my channels and share.
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WATCH NOW! EPISODE 1 of Let's Be Frank With Alicia! Let’s Be Frank With Alicia, is an up-close conversational series featuring SenatorFrank B. Aguon, Jr. and former Attorney General and former U.S. Attorney Alicia Anne Garrido Limtiaco. Their new series will frame their perspectives and solutions to Guam’s biggest issues, as well as provide an inside and sometimes behind-the-scenes look at Frank and Alicia in their everyday lives. Stay tuned for more episodes.
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The film has eight main segments, corresponding to chapters in the DVD release:

1. Ring of Fire: an overview of the region using wireframe computer animation, and including footage of Hawaiian lava flows as an illustration of how early Earth might have looked. Footage of a new volcano in Chile is also shown.

Fire Ball

Fire Ball is an amusement ride manufactured by Larson International. It replaced a series of Larson rides manufactured prior to its unveiling, the first being the Super Loop and the second being the Ring of Fire. Several variations of each exist (ex. Space Raiders, Mega Loop, etc.) The rides run the same but the older models have a caged train, whereas the Fire Ball has an open face-off train. Also, some owners of the older Ring of Fire rides have had the caged train replaced with the new Fire Ball train.

Design

The rides are similar in design. There is a large steel boxed-track loop attached to a concrete base or portable trailer with supporting outriggers and steel cables. In this boxed track is a multiple-piece pivoted end-rim (inertia ring) with wheel dogs attached settled within this boxed track. On one section of the rim the train is snugly placed. The rim is run through a shock-absorbent tire drive, which drives the train around the loop.

Travel Path

The ride's train is rocked back and forth at a generous rate, as not to put too much stress on the tire drive. It elevates on every pass through the station until it has gained enough momentum to make it completely around the loop. Once a number of consecutive loops are made it can be shifted to go the other direction. It can also be hung upside down (stopped at the top).

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Minister of Justice and Attorney General (Manitoba)

The Minister of Justice and Attorney General is a cabinet minister in the government of Manitoba. Before 1990, the minister who held this position was simply designated as Attorney-General. The minister who holds this office is also designated as Keeper of the Great Seal of Manitoba.

List of Ministers of Justice

Attorney-General (New Zealand)

The Attorney-General is a political and legal officer in New Zealand. The Attorney-General is simultaneously a ministerial position and the chief law officer of the Crown, and has responsibility for supervising New Zealand law and advising the government on legal matters. The current Attorney-General is Chris Finlayson.

Responsibilities and powers

The Attorney-General has two main areas of official responsibility. Firstly, the Attorney-General has ministerial jurisdiction over the Crown Law Office, the Parliamentary Counsel Office, and the Serious Fraud Office. Secondly, the Attorney-General is the principal law officer of the Crown, responsible for supervising the state's administration of the law and for providing legal advice to the government. In the latter role (but strictly not in the former), the Attorney-General is assisted by the Solicitor-General, a non-partisan official. This is to reduce the extent to which the Attorney-General's actions on behalf of the state (as opposed to the government) can be influenced by their political allegiance.

USA: NEW YORK/SAIPAN: LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST CLOTHING SWEATSHOPS

English/Nat
Lawyers in New York have filed the first ever lawsuit against U-S retailers for the mistreatment of workers in foreign-owned factories operating on American soil.
The factories are located in the U-S territory of Saipan, a small island in the South Pacific.
The workers and human rights groups filed three lawsuits in California and Saipan over the sale of these goods, many marked "Made in the U.S.A.," attorney Al Meyerhoff said at a news conference.
Among the 18 companies named in the suits are The Limited, Wal-Mart, Sears, The Gap, Tommy Hilfiger, the May Company, J. Crew, Oshkosh B'Gosh, Associated Merchandising, Cutter & BuckInc., Gymboree Manufacturing, Lane Bryant Inc., Warnaco and Dayton-Hudson Inc., which owns Marshall Fields.
These companies either had no comment or did not immediately return calls.
Meyerhoff said that Saipan - the main island of the Northern Mariana Islands, an American commonwealth in the central Pacific - "is America's worst sweatshop."
The lawsuits accuse the companies of violating federal law by engaging in a racketeering conspiracy with the foreign-owned subcontractors in Saipan in the past decade.
It's the first legal attempt to hold U.S. retailers accountable for alleged mistreatment of workers under the federal Racketeering Influences CorruptOrganization (RICO) laws, Meyerhoff said.
The subcontractors allegedly force people to work up to 12 hours a day, seven days a week, and pay them below the legal minimum wage of $3.05.
Many of the workers earn less than $500 a month, said Carmencita Abad, a Filipino native who spent six years on the island - a sleepy, 13-mile-long sugar cane island - working for one of the companies.
The workers, mostly young women, live as many as eight to a room in guarded barracks enclosed by barbed wire. They have no access to drinking water except the bottled water they're forced to buy, and the only bathing water available to many is the sea, according to
Ms. Abad. Many had paid as much as $7,000 to be brought to Saipan "and they were promised the American Dream," said Meyerhoff.
"We were afraid to complain," said Ms. Abad, adding that she had seen workers beaten when they questioned working conditions.
She said that quality inspectors representing The Gap had visited her factory, but conditions did not change after they left.
"I took the job because, like millions of people, I wanted to come to America," she said.
The companies also are being sued under the Alien Tort Claims Act, a centuries-old law enacted to deal with pirates and allows actions to be brought by a foreign national for human rights violations.
In addition to workers from the Philippines, the labor force on Saipan comes from China, Bangladesh and Thailand. The factories in which they work are owned mostly by Chinese, Japanese and Korean subcontractors to the U.S. companies.
Together, the three lawsuits are seeking more than $1 billion in damages, disgorgement of profits and unpaid wages for conditions that allegedly have persisted in the past decade.
The federal government last year estimated that the companies collectively saved more than $200 million in duties for $1 billion worth of garments shipped from Saipan, which is duty free and does not fall under U.S. immigration laws.
The workers' two class-action suits were filed in federal courts in California and Saipan. The human rights groups - Global Exchange, SweatshopWatch, Asian Law Caucus and the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees - filed their
lawsuit in California state court.
The other companies named in the lawsuits are The Dress Barn and Jones Apparel Group, Nordstrom and J.C. Penney.
You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/37e90d0af5acfd1b191c62656005f418
Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

NMI legalizes cannabis

Gov. RalphDLGTorres signs into law a bill that legalizes the medicinal and recreational use of marijuana.

4:26

CNMI Attorney General Double Standard?

CNMI Attorney General Double Standard?

CNMI Attorney General Double Standard?

KSPN looks further into the recent report released by the AG regarding the investigation of Mafnas. The AG reached the conclusion that no law was broken because it was a question "would you like me to shoot you?" which constitutes more of an offer than a threat. The AG goes on to end the interviews by saying "based on what they saw, would they prosecute?" and answers by saying "No" . However this contracts two recent prosecutions the AG has conducted on a boy that yelled at his mom. The most recent incident he "asked" his mom if she wanted him to hit her after she slapped him. It is difficult for the public not to question what appears to be a very clear double standard. A Police officer asks an innocent bystander if he wants him to hand cuff and shoot him and that is not prosecution. A teenager gets slapped by his mom and shouts "do you want me to hit you" and storms off and the AG has him arrested, jailed and tried for disturbing the peace.
VideoSource: KSPN2 News

Suspects beaten after leading officers on a highspeed chase on Saipan.

Suspects beaten after leading officers on a highspeed chase on Saipan.

Suspects beaten after leading officers on a highspeed chase on Saipan.

Suspect beaten after leading officers on a highspeed chase on Saipan which ended after suspect's vehicle rolled over.
"The CNMI Department of Public Safety issued a statement after a video began circulating on social media showing what appears to be officer(s) repeatedly beating suspects that were involved in a high speed chase Friday night in Saipan. According to a press release from CNMI’s DPS at around 10:15pm on Friday, a police officer witnessed a white 2011Toyota Yaris speeding along Beach Road, Chalan Laulau near the Mayor’s office. A hot pursuit began with the suspect car weaving between vehicles. The chase passed through Garapan during which the suspect car nearly hit several pedestrians. Police would continue pursuing the car through Tanapag, Fina SisuVillage, Chalan Kanoa and eventually lost control, hit an embankment and flipped over in Koblerville village. According to the press release the hot pursuit lasted about 40 minutes with several people almost being struck. Just before 11:00pm arrested were the driver 31-year-old VincentSan Nicolas Norita and the passenger 31-year-old Joe E. Ada. Norita was arrested for multiple charges of reckless driving, speeding, and unsafe lane change. Ada was charged with possession of an illegal controlled substance. Following the incident, KUAM received viewer video of what transpired after the chase ended. DPS Public Information OfficerJason Tarkong confirms an investigation has been launched “the incident is currently being investigated by both the DPS Internal AffairsUnit and the Office of the Attorney GeneralInvestigationDivision (AGID). AGID is the lead agency in this ongoing investigation,” he stated.
Video submitted by: Zaji O. Zajradhara
(WARNING: video contains explicit language)"

13:05

Papantonio: Big Business Funding Attacks on Wage Earners - The Ring Of Fire

Papantonio: Big Business Funding Attacks on Wage Earners - The Ring Of Fire

Papantonio: Big Business Funding Attacks on Wage Earners - The Ring Of Fire

This segment originally aired on the June 22nd, 2014 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV.
Corporate America has launched an all out assault on the very people that keep them running -- American workers. Business groups like the US Chamber of Commerce want to dismantle all worker protections, and create a system in America that would resembles a Saipan sweatshop economy.
Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio talks about this with attorney David Hersh.
Listen to Ring of Fire on Mondays-Saturdays from 3pm -- 6pm Eastern! Listen live via the ProgressiveVoicesChannel on TuneIn: http://tunein.com/radio/Progressive-Voices-s189055/
Or find a station here: http://www.ringoffireradio.com/station/
Watch Ring of Fire every Sunday at 12pm Eastern/9am Pacific on Free Speech TV!
Support Ring of Fire by subscribing to our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/golefttv
You can also support us here: http://www.ringoffireradio.com/support/
Your continued support keeps Ring of Fire on the air!
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14:32

How to Get Federal Judges and U.S. Attorneys to Pay You Thousands to Speak

How to Get Federal Judges and U.S. Attorneys to Pay You Thousands to Speak

How to Get Federal Judges and U.S. Attorneys to Pay You Thousands to Speak

If you are striving to build a career as a speaker or consultant, you may want to learn how to get federal judges and U.S. Attorneys to pay you thousands to speak. My name isMichael Santos and I was in prison for 26 years. During those 26 years, I prepared every day. Clear steps led me to overcome that struggle. Those steps allowed me to build credentials while I was in prison and to achieve goals. Those goals led to opportunities upon my release. Each opportunities opened new options that led to financial stability.
If you want to build a career as a speaker or consultant, you want to grow. The salient point is that we always need to develop how we think. We need to build mindfulness and critical thinking skills. Those strategies empowered me through 26 years in federal prison. They can empower you, too.
In this video, I reveal how I received an invitation from U.S. AttorneyAlicia Limtiaco and from the senior U.S.District Court JudgeFrances Tydingco-Gatewood to visit Guam and Saipan for a one-week speaking engagement. I traveled to speak with many representatives of Guam’s leadership, including media, business representatives, leaders of prisons and law enforcement and business development. That one week trip generated tens of thousands of dollars in revenues, but it also allowed me to influence thousands of people.
If you’re striving to build a career as a speaker or consultant, you may find some guidance in this video. Learn how to sell yourself and build your pathway to success.
If you want to learn more about how to overcome struggle and prepare for success, you should make sure to read the examples I offer in my free book. Get your copy by clicking the links below.
If you liked this video, please give it thumbs up! Subscribe to my channels and share.
Connect with me at the channels below!
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Visit PrisonToParadise.com for more information on how to prepare for success. Download free copy of Prison To Paradise at following link: https://www.prisontoparadise.com/YouTubeLandingPage
Call or text Michael: 949-520-0236 / Michael@PrisonToParadise.com

Lets Be Frank With Alicia Ep01

WATCH NOW! EPISODE 1 of Let's Be Frank With Alicia! Let’s Be Frank With Alicia, is an up-close conversational series featuring SenatorFrank B. Aguon, Jr. and former Attorney General and former U.S. Attorney Alicia Anne Garrido Limtiaco. Their new series will frame their perspectives and solutions to Guam’s biggest issues, as well as provide an inside and sometimes behind-the-scenes look at Frank and Alicia in their everyday lives. Stay tuned for more episodes.
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Hasselback explains what the next steps are in the criminal case against the CNMI's AG Ed Buckingham. He talks about the logistics involved in enforcing the Bench Warrant out for Ed Buckingham's arrest and the challenges of such an effort. Hasselback responds to questions regarding the timing of the case explaining that the matters have been under active investigation for quite some time and that the timeline had to be rushed due to the unanticipated early resignation and attempted relocation of Ed Buckingham to the mainland.
VideoSource: KSPN2 NewsSaipan, CNMI 8/7/12, 6PM

NMI legalizes cannabis

Gov. RalphDLGTorres signs into law a bill that legalizes the medicinal and recreational use of marijuana.

published: 21 Sep 2018

CNMI Attorney General Double Standard?

KSPN looks further into the recent report released by the AG regarding the investigation of Mafnas. The AG reached the conclusion that no law was broken because it was a question "would you like me to shoot you?" which constitutes more of an offer than a threat. The AG goes on to end the interviews by saying "based on what they saw, would they prosecute?" and answers by saying "No" . However this contracts two recent prosecutions the AG has conducted on a boy that yelled at his mom. The most recent incident he "asked" his mom if she wanted him to hit her after she slapped him. It is difficult for the public not to question what appears to be a very clear double standard. A Police officer asks an innocent bystander if he wants him to hand cuff and shoot him and that is not prosecution. A te...

Suspects beaten after leading officers on a highspeed chase on Saipan.

Suspect beaten after leading officers on a highspeed chase on Saipan which ended after suspect's vehicle rolled over.
"The CNMI Department of Public Safety issued a statement after a video began circulating on social media showing what appears to be officer(s) repeatedly beating suspects that were involved in a high speed chase Friday night in Saipan. According to a press release from CNMI’s DPS at around 10:15pm on Friday, a police officer witnessed a white 2011Toyota Yaris speeding along Beach Road, Chalan Laulau near the Mayor’s office. A hot pursuit began with the suspect car weaving between vehicles. The chase passed through Garapan during which the suspect car nearly hit several pedestrians. Police would continue pursuing the car through Tanapag, Fina SisuVillage, Chalan Kanoa and...

published: 09 Dec 2016

Papantonio: Big Business Funding Attacks on Wage Earners - The Ring Of Fire

How to Get Federal Judges and U.S. Attorneys to Pay You Thousands to Speak

If you are striving to build a career as a speaker or consultant, you may want to learn how to get federal judges and U.S. Attorneys to pay you thousands to speak. My name isMichael Santos and I was in prison for 26 years. During those 26 years, I prepared every day. Clear steps led me to overcome that struggle. Those steps allowed me to build credentials while I was in prison and to achieve goals. Those goals led to opportunities upon my release. Each opportunities opened new options that led to financial stability.
If you want to build a career as a speaker or consultant, you want to grow. The salient point is that we always need to develop how we think. We need to build mindfulness and critical thinking skills. Those strategies empowered me through 26 years in federal prison. They ...

Lets Be Frank With Alicia Ep01

WATCH NOW! EPISODE 1 of Let's Be Frank With Alicia! Let’s Be Frank With Alicia, is an up-close conversational series featuring SenatorFrank B. Aguon, Jr. and former Attorney General and former U.S. Attorney Alicia Anne Garrido Limtiaco. Their new series will frame their perspectives and solutions to Guam’s biggest issues, as well as provide an inside and sometimes behind-the-scenes look at Frank and Alicia in their everyday lives. Stay tuned for more episodes.
Please contact us with your questions:
letsbefrankwithalicia@gmail.com
Contact Us on Facebook:
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Contact Us on Instagram:
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published: 03 May 2018

James&Jemmy SAIPAN Local Power

Hasselback explains what the next steps are in the criminal case against the CNMI's AG Ed Buckingham. He talks about the logistics involved in enforcing the Bench Warrant out for Ed Buckingham's arrest and the challenges of such an effort. Hasselback responds to questions regarding the timing of the case explaining that the matters have been under active investigation for quite some time and that the timeline had to be rushed due to the unanticipated early resignation and attempted relocation of Ed Buckingham to the mainland.
VideoSource: KSPN2 NewsSaipan, CNMI 8/7/12, 6PM

Saipan dirty AIG Office

USA: NEW YORK/SAIPAN: LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST CLOTHING SWEATSHOPS

English/Nat
Lawyers in New York have filed the first ever lawsuit against U-S retailers for the mistreatment of workers in foreign-owned factories operating...

English/Nat
Lawyers in New York have filed the first ever lawsuit against U-S retailers for the mistreatment of workers in foreign-owned factories operating on American soil.
The factories are located in the U-S territory of Saipan, a small island in the South Pacific.
The workers and human rights groups filed three lawsuits in California and Saipan over the sale of these goods, many marked "Made in the U.S.A.," attorney Al Meyerhoff said at a news conference.
Among the 18 companies named in the suits are The Limited, Wal-Mart, Sears, The Gap, Tommy Hilfiger, the May Company, J. Crew, Oshkosh B'Gosh, Associated Merchandising, Cutter & BuckInc., Gymboree Manufacturing, Lane Bryant Inc., Warnaco and Dayton-Hudson Inc., which owns Marshall Fields.
These companies either had no comment or did not immediately return calls.
Meyerhoff said that Saipan - the main island of the Northern Mariana Islands, an American commonwealth in the central Pacific - "is America's worst sweatshop."
The lawsuits accuse the companies of violating federal law by engaging in a racketeering conspiracy with the foreign-owned subcontractors in Saipan in the past decade.
It's the first legal attempt to hold U.S. retailers accountable for alleged mistreatment of workers under the federal Racketeering Influences CorruptOrganization (RICO) laws, Meyerhoff said.
The subcontractors allegedly force people to work up to 12 hours a day, seven days a week, and pay them below the legal minimum wage of $3.05.
Many of the workers earn less than $500 a month, said Carmencita Abad, a Filipino native who spent six years on the island - a sleepy, 13-mile-long sugar cane island - working for one of the companies.
The workers, mostly young women, live as many as eight to a room in guarded barracks enclosed by barbed wire. They have no access to drinking water except the bottled water they're forced to buy, and the only bathing water available to many is the sea, according to
Ms. Abad. Many had paid as much as $7,000 to be brought to Saipan "and they were promised the American Dream," said Meyerhoff.
"We were afraid to complain," said Ms. Abad, adding that she had seen workers beaten when they questioned working conditions.
She said that quality inspectors representing The Gap had visited her factory, but conditions did not change after they left.
"I took the job because, like millions of people, I wanted to come to America," she said.
The companies also are being sued under the Alien Tort Claims Act, a centuries-old law enacted to deal with pirates and allows actions to be brought by a foreign national for human rights violations.
In addition to workers from the Philippines, the labor force on Saipan comes from China, Bangladesh and Thailand. The factories in which they work are owned mostly by Chinese, Japanese and Korean subcontractors to the U.S. companies.
Together, the three lawsuits are seeking more than $1 billion in damages, disgorgement of profits and unpaid wages for conditions that allegedly have persisted in the past decade.
The federal government last year estimated that the companies collectively saved more than $200 million in duties for $1 billion worth of garments shipped from Saipan, which is duty free and does not fall under U.S. immigration laws.
The workers' two class-action suits were filed in federal courts in California and Saipan. The human rights groups - Global Exchange, SweatshopWatch, Asian Law Caucus and the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees - filed their
lawsuit in California state court.
The other companies named in the lawsuits are The Dress Barn and Jones Apparel Group, Nordstrom and J.C. Penney.
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English/Nat
Lawyers in New York have filed the first ever lawsuit against U-S retailers for the mistreatment of workers in foreign-owned factories operating on American soil.
The factories are located in the U-S territory of Saipan, a small island in the South Pacific.
The workers and human rights groups filed three lawsuits in California and Saipan over the sale of these goods, many marked "Made in the U.S.A.," attorney Al Meyerhoff said at a news conference.
Among the 18 companies named in the suits are The Limited, Wal-Mart, Sears, The Gap, Tommy Hilfiger, the May Company, J. Crew, Oshkosh B'Gosh, Associated Merchandising, Cutter & BuckInc., Gymboree Manufacturing, Lane Bryant Inc., Warnaco and Dayton-Hudson Inc., which owns Marshall Fields.
These companies either had no comment or did not immediately return calls.
Meyerhoff said that Saipan - the main island of the Northern Mariana Islands, an American commonwealth in the central Pacific - "is America's worst sweatshop."
The lawsuits accuse the companies of violating federal law by engaging in a racketeering conspiracy with the foreign-owned subcontractors in Saipan in the past decade.
It's the first legal attempt to hold U.S. retailers accountable for alleged mistreatment of workers under the federal Racketeering Influences CorruptOrganization (RICO) laws, Meyerhoff said.
The subcontractors allegedly force people to work up to 12 hours a day, seven days a week, and pay them below the legal minimum wage of $3.05.
Many of the workers earn less than $500 a month, said Carmencita Abad, a Filipino native who spent six years on the island - a sleepy, 13-mile-long sugar cane island - working for one of the companies.
The workers, mostly young women, live as many as eight to a room in guarded barracks enclosed by barbed wire. They have no access to drinking water except the bottled water they're forced to buy, and the only bathing water available to many is the sea, according to
Ms. Abad. Many had paid as much as $7,000 to be brought to Saipan "and they were promised the American Dream," said Meyerhoff.
"We were afraid to complain," said Ms. Abad, adding that she had seen workers beaten when they questioned working conditions.
She said that quality inspectors representing The Gap had visited her factory, but conditions did not change after they left.
"I took the job because, like millions of people, I wanted to come to America," she said.
The companies also are being sued under the Alien Tort Claims Act, a centuries-old law enacted to deal with pirates and allows actions to be brought by a foreign national for human rights violations.
In addition to workers from the Philippines, the labor force on Saipan comes from China, Bangladesh and Thailand. The factories in which they work are owned mostly by Chinese, Japanese and Korean subcontractors to the U.S. companies.
Together, the three lawsuits are seeking more than $1 billion in damages, disgorgement of profits and unpaid wages for conditions that allegedly have persisted in the past decade.
The federal government last year estimated that the companies collectively saved more than $200 million in duties for $1 billion worth of garments shipped from Saipan, which is duty free and does not fall under U.S. immigration laws.
The workers' two class-action suits were filed in federal courts in California and Saipan. The human rights groups - Global Exchange, SweatshopWatch, Asian Law Caucus and the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees - filed their
lawsuit in California state court.
The other companies named in the lawsuits are The Dress Barn and Jones Apparel Group, Nordstrom and J.C. Penney.
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CNMI Attorney General Double Standard?

KSPN looks further into the recent report released by the AG regarding the investigation of Mafnas. The AG reached the conclusion that no law was broken because...

KSPN looks further into the recent report released by the AG regarding the investigation of Mafnas. The AG reached the conclusion that no law was broken because it was a question "would you like me to shoot you?" which constitutes more of an offer than a threat. The AG goes on to end the interviews by saying "based on what they saw, would they prosecute?" and answers by saying "No" . However this contracts two recent prosecutions the AG has conducted on a boy that yelled at his mom. The most recent incident he "asked" his mom if she wanted him to hit her after she slapped him. It is difficult for the public not to question what appears to be a very clear double standard. A Police officer asks an innocent bystander if he wants him to hand cuff and shoot him and that is not prosecution. A teenager gets slapped by his mom and shouts "do you want me to hit you" and storms off and the AG has him arrested, jailed and tried for disturbing the peace.
VideoSource: KSPN2 News

KSPN looks further into the recent report released by the AG regarding the investigation of Mafnas. The AG reached the conclusion that no law was broken because it was a question "would you like me to shoot you?" which constitutes more of an offer than a threat. The AG goes on to end the interviews by saying "based on what they saw, would they prosecute?" and answers by saying "No" . However this contracts two recent prosecutions the AG has conducted on a boy that yelled at his mom. The most recent incident he "asked" his mom if she wanted him to hit her after she slapped him. It is difficult for the public not to question what appears to be a very clear double standard. A Police officer asks an innocent bystander if he wants him to hand cuff and shoot him and that is not prosecution. A teenager gets slapped by his mom and shouts "do you want me to hit you" and storms off and the AG has him arrested, jailed and tried for disturbing the peace.
VideoSource: KSPN2 News

Suspect beaten after leading officers on a highspeed chase on Saipan which ended after suspect's vehicle rolled over.
"The CNMI Department of Public Safety issued a statement after a video began circulating on social media showing what appears to be officer(s) repeatedly beating suspects that were involved in a high speed chase Friday night in Saipan. According to a press release from CNMI’s DPS at around 10:15pm on Friday, a police officer witnessed a white 2011Toyota Yaris speeding along Beach Road, Chalan Laulau near the Mayor’s office. A hot pursuit began with the suspect car weaving between vehicles. The chase passed through Garapan during which the suspect car nearly hit several pedestrians. Police would continue pursuing the car through Tanapag, Fina SisuVillage, Chalan Kanoa and eventually lost control, hit an embankment and flipped over in Koblerville village. According to the press release the hot pursuit lasted about 40 minutes with several people almost being struck. Just before 11:00pm arrested were the driver 31-year-old VincentSan Nicolas Norita and the passenger 31-year-old Joe E. Ada. Norita was arrested for multiple charges of reckless driving, speeding, and unsafe lane change. Ada was charged with possession of an illegal controlled substance. Following the incident, KUAM received viewer video of what transpired after the chase ended. DPS Public Information OfficerJason Tarkong confirms an investigation has been launched “the incident is currently being investigated by both the DPS Internal AffairsUnit and the Office of the Attorney GeneralInvestigationDivision (AGID). AGID is the lead agency in this ongoing investigation,” he stated.
Video submitted by: Zaji O. Zajradhara
(WARNING: video contains explicit language)"

Suspect beaten after leading officers on a highspeed chase on Saipan which ended after suspect's vehicle rolled over.
"The CNMI Department of Public Safety issued a statement after a video began circulating on social media showing what appears to be officer(s) repeatedly beating suspects that were involved in a high speed chase Friday night in Saipan. According to a press release from CNMI’s DPS at around 10:15pm on Friday, a police officer witnessed a white 2011Toyota Yaris speeding along Beach Road, Chalan Laulau near the Mayor’s office. A hot pursuit began with the suspect car weaving between vehicles. The chase passed through Garapan during which the suspect car nearly hit several pedestrians. Police would continue pursuing the car through Tanapag, Fina SisuVillage, Chalan Kanoa and eventually lost control, hit an embankment and flipped over in Koblerville village. According to the press release the hot pursuit lasted about 40 minutes with several people almost being struck. Just before 11:00pm arrested were the driver 31-year-old VincentSan Nicolas Norita and the passenger 31-year-old Joe E. Ada. Norita was arrested for multiple charges of reckless driving, speeding, and unsafe lane change. Ada was charged with possession of an illegal controlled substance. Following the incident, KUAM received viewer video of what transpired after the chase ended. DPS Public Information OfficerJason Tarkong confirms an investigation has been launched “the incident is currently being investigated by both the DPS Internal AffairsUnit and the Office of the Attorney GeneralInvestigationDivision (AGID). AGID is the lead agency in this ongoing investigation,” he stated.
Video submitted by: Zaji O. Zajradhara
(WARNING: video contains explicit language)"

This segment originally aired on the June 22nd, 2014 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV.
Corporate America has launched an all out assault on the very people that keep them running -- American workers. Business groups like the US Chamber of Commerce want to dismantle all worker protections, and create a system in America that would resembles a Saipan sweatshop economy.
Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio talks about this with attorney David Hersh.
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This segment originally aired on the June 22nd, 2014 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV.
Corporate America has launched an all out assault on the very people that keep them running -- American workers. Business groups like the US Chamber of Commerce want to dismantle all worker protections, and create a system in America that would resembles a Saipan sweatshop economy.
Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio talks about this with attorney David Hersh.
Listen to Ring of Fire on Mondays-Saturdays from 3pm -- 6pm Eastern! Listen live via the ProgressiveVoicesChannel on TuneIn: http://tunein.com/radio/Progressive-Voices-s189055/
Or find a station here: http://www.ringoffireradio.com/station/
Watch Ring of Fire every Sunday at 12pm Eastern/9am Pacific on Free Speech TV!
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How to Get Federal Judges and U.S. Attorneys to Pay You Thousands to Speak

If you are striving to build a career as a speaker or consultant, you may want to learn how to get federal judges and U.S. Attorneys to pay you thousands to spe...

If you are striving to build a career as a speaker or consultant, you may want to learn how to get federal judges and U.S. Attorneys to pay you thousands to speak. My name isMichael Santos and I was in prison for 26 years. During those 26 years, I prepared every day. Clear steps led me to overcome that struggle. Those steps allowed me to build credentials while I was in prison and to achieve goals. Those goals led to opportunities upon my release. Each opportunities opened new options that led to financial stability.
If you want to build a career as a speaker or consultant, you want to grow. The salient point is that we always need to develop how we think. We need to build mindfulness and critical thinking skills. Those strategies empowered me through 26 years in federal prison. They can empower you, too.
In this video, I reveal how I received an invitation from U.S. AttorneyAlicia Limtiaco and from the senior U.S.District Court JudgeFrances Tydingco-Gatewood to visit Guam and Saipan for a one-week speaking engagement. I traveled to speak with many representatives of Guam’s leadership, including media, business representatives, leaders of prisons and law enforcement and business development. That one week trip generated tens of thousands of dollars in revenues, but it also allowed me to influence thousands of people.
If you’re striving to build a career as a speaker or consultant, you may find some guidance in this video. Learn how to sell yourself and build your pathway to success.
If you want to learn more about how to overcome struggle and prepare for success, you should make sure to read the examples I offer in my free book. Get your copy by clicking the links below.
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Call or text Michael: 949-520-0236 / Michael@PrisonToParadise.com

If you are striving to build a career as a speaker or consultant, you may want to learn how to get federal judges and U.S. Attorneys to pay you thousands to speak. My name isMichael Santos and I was in prison for 26 years. During those 26 years, I prepared every day. Clear steps led me to overcome that struggle. Those steps allowed me to build credentials while I was in prison and to achieve goals. Those goals led to opportunities upon my release. Each opportunities opened new options that led to financial stability.
If you want to build a career as a speaker or consultant, you want to grow. The salient point is that we always need to develop how we think. We need to build mindfulness and critical thinking skills. Those strategies empowered me through 26 years in federal prison. They can empower you, too.
In this video, I reveal how I received an invitation from U.S. AttorneyAlicia Limtiaco and from the senior U.S.District Court JudgeFrances Tydingco-Gatewood to visit Guam and Saipan for a one-week speaking engagement. I traveled to speak with many representatives of Guam’s leadership, including media, business representatives, leaders of prisons and law enforcement and business development. That one week trip generated tens of thousands of dollars in revenues, but it also allowed me to influence thousands of people.
If you’re striving to build a career as a speaker or consultant, you may find some guidance in this video. Learn how to sell yourself and build your pathway to success.
If you want to learn more about how to overcome struggle and prepare for success, you should make sure to read the examples I offer in my free book. Get your copy by clicking the links below.
If you liked this video, please give it thumbs up! Subscribe to my channels and share.
Connect with me at the channels below!
CONNECT WITH ME:
Website: https://www.prisontoparadise.com
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/PrisonToParadise/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FromPrisontoParadise/?ref=bookmarks
Visit PrisonToParadise.com for more information on how to prepare for success. Download free copy of Prison To Paradise at following link: https://www.prisontoparadise.com/YouTubeLandingPage
Call or text Michael: 949-520-0236 / Michael@PrisonToParadise.com

WATCH NOW! EPISODE 1 of Let's Be Frank With Alicia! Let’s Be Frank With Alicia, is an up-close conversational series featuring SenatorFrank B. Aguon, Jr. and former Attorney General and former U.S. Attorney Alicia Anne Garrido Limtiaco. Their new series will frame their perspectives and solutions to Guam’s biggest issues, as well as provide an inside and sometimes behind-the-scenes look at Frank and Alicia in their everyday lives. Stay tuned for more episodes.
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WATCH NOW! EPISODE 1 of Let's Be Frank With Alicia! Let’s Be Frank With Alicia, is an up-close conversational series featuring SenatorFrank B. Aguon, Jr. and former Attorney General and former U.S. Attorney Alicia Anne Garrido Limtiaco. Their new series will frame their perspectives and solutions to Guam’s biggest issues, as well as provide an inside and sometimes behind-the-scenes look at Frank and Alicia in their everyday lives. Stay tuned for more episodes.
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Hasselback explains what the next steps are in the criminal case against the CNMI's AG Ed Buckingham. He talks about the logistics involved in enforcing the Be...

Hasselback explains what the next steps are in the criminal case against the CNMI's AG Ed Buckingham. He talks about the logistics involved in enforcing the Bench Warrant out for Ed Buckingham's arrest and the challenges of such an effort. Hasselback responds to questions regarding the timing of the case explaining that the matters have been under active investigation for quite some time and that the timeline had to be rushed due to the unanticipated early resignation and attempted relocation of Ed Buckingham to the mainland.
VideoSource: KSPN2 NewsSaipan, CNMI 8/7/12, 6PM

Hasselback explains what the next steps are in the criminal case against the CNMI's AG Ed Buckingham. He talks about the logistics involved in enforcing the Bench Warrant out for Ed Buckingham's arrest and the challenges of such an effort. Hasselback responds to questions regarding the timing of the case explaining that the matters have been under active investigation for quite some time and that the timeline had to be rushed due to the unanticipated early resignation and attempted relocation of Ed Buckingham to the mainland.
VideoSource: KSPN2 NewsSaipan, CNMI 8/7/12, 6PM

USA: NEW YORK/SAIPAN: LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST CLOTHING SWEATSHOPS

English/Nat
Lawyers in New York have filed the first ever lawsuit against U-S retailers for the mistreatment of workers in foreign-owned factories operating on American soil.
The factories are located in the U-S territory of Saipan, a small island in the South Pacific.
The workers and human rights groups filed three lawsuits in California and Saipan over the sale of these goods, many marked "Made in the U.S.A.," attorney Al Meyerhoff said at a news conference.
Among the 18 companies named in the suits are The Limited, Wal-Mart, Sears, The Gap, Tommy Hilfiger, the May Company, J. Crew, Oshkosh B'Gosh, Associated Merchandising, Cutter & BuckInc., Gymboree Manufacturing, Lane Bryant Inc., Warnaco and Dayton-Hudson Inc., which owns Marshall Fields.
These companies either had no comment or did not immediately return calls.
Meyerhoff said that Saipan - the main island of the Northern Mariana Islands, an American commonwealth in the central Pacific - "is America's worst sweatshop."
The lawsuits accuse the companies of violating federal law by engaging in a racketeering conspiracy with the foreign-owned subcontractors in Saipan in the past decade.
It's the first legal attempt to hold U.S. retailers accountable for alleged mistreatment of workers under the federal Racketeering Influences CorruptOrganization (RICO) laws, Meyerhoff said.
The subcontractors allegedly force people to work up to 12 hours a day, seven days a week, and pay them below the legal minimum wage of $3.05.
Many of the workers earn less than $500 a month, said Carmencita Abad, a Filipino native who spent six years on the island - a sleepy, 13-mile-long sugar cane island - working for one of the companies.
The workers, mostly young women, live as many as eight to a room in guarded barracks enclosed by barbed wire. They have no access to drinking water except the bottled water they're forced to buy, and the only bathing water available to many is the sea, according to
Ms. Abad. Many had paid as much as $7,000 to be brought to Saipan "and they were promised the American Dream," said Meyerhoff.
"We were afraid to complain," said Ms. Abad, adding that she had seen workers beaten when they questioned working conditions.
She said that quality inspectors representing The Gap had visited her factory, but conditions did not change after they left.
"I took the job because, like millions of people, I wanted to come to America," she said.
The companies also are being sued under the Alien Tort Claims Act, a centuries-old law enacted to deal with pirates and allows actions to be brought by a foreign national for human rights violations.
In addition to workers from the Philippines, the labor force on Saipan comes from China, Bangladesh and Thailand. The factories in which they work are owned mostly by Chinese, Japanese and Korean subcontractors to the U.S. companies.
Together, the three lawsuits are seeking more than $1 billion in damages, disgorgement of profits and unpaid wages for conditions that allegedly have persisted in the past decade.
The federal government last year estimated that the companies collectively saved more than $200 million in duties for $1 billion worth of garments shipped from Saipan, which is duty free and does not fall under U.S. immigration laws.
The workers' two class-action suits were filed in federal courts in California and Saipan. The human rights groups - Global Exchange, SweatshopWatch, Asian Law Caucus and the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees - filed their
lawsuit in California state court.
The other companies named in the lawsuits are The Dress Barn and Jones Apparel Group, Nordstrom and J.C. Penney.
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CNMI Attorney General Double Standard?

KSPN looks further into the recent report released by the AG regarding the investigation of Mafnas. The AG reached the conclusion that no law was broken because it was a question "would you like me to shoot you?" which constitutes more of an offer than a threat. The AG goes on to end the interviews by saying "based on what they saw, would they prosecute?" and answers by saying "No" . However this contracts two recent prosecutions the AG has conducted on a boy that yelled at his mom. The most recent incident he "asked" his mom if she wanted him to hit her after she slapped him. It is difficult for the public not to question what appears to be a very clear double standard. A Police officer asks an innocent bystander if he wants him to hand cuff and shoot him and that is not prosecution. A teenager gets slapped by his mom and shouts "do you want me to hit you" and storms off and the AG has him arrested, jailed and tried for disturbing the peace.
VideoSource: KSPN2 News

Suspects beaten after leading officers on a highspeed chase on Saipan.

Suspect beaten after leading officers on a highspeed chase on Saipan which ended after suspect's vehicle rolled over.
"The CNMI Department of Public Safety issued a statement after a video began circulating on social media showing what appears to be officer(s) repeatedly beating suspects that were involved in a high speed chase Friday night in Saipan. According to a press release from CNMI’s DPS at around 10:15pm on Friday, a police officer witnessed a white 2011Toyota Yaris speeding along Beach Road, Chalan Laulau near the Mayor’s office. A hot pursuit began with the suspect car weaving between vehicles. The chase passed through Garapan during which the suspect car nearly hit several pedestrians. Police would continue pursuing the car through Tanapag, Fina SisuVillage, Chalan Kanoa and eventually lost control, hit an embankment and flipped over in Koblerville village. According to the press release the hot pursuit lasted about 40 minutes with several people almost being struck. Just before 11:00pm arrested were the driver 31-year-old VincentSan Nicolas Norita and the passenger 31-year-old Joe E. Ada. Norita was arrested for multiple charges of reckless driving, speeding, and unsafe lane change. Ada was charged with possession of an illegal controlled substance. Following the incident, KUAM received viewer video of what transpired after the chase ended. DPS Public Information OfficerJason Tarkong confirms an investigation has been launched “the incident is currently being investigated by both the DPS Internal AffairsUnit and the Office of the Attorney GeneralInvestigationDivision (AGID). AGID is the lead agency in this ongoing investigation,” he stated.
Video submitted by: Zaji O. Zajradhara
(WARNING: video contains explicit language)"

Papantonio: Big Business Funding Attacks on Wage Earners - The Ring Of Fire

This segment originally aired on the June 22nd, 2014 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV.
Corporate America has launched an all out assault on the very people that keep them running -- American workers. Business groups like the US Chamber of Commerce want to dismantle all worker protections, and create a system in America that would resembles a Saipan sweatshop economy.
Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio talks about this with attorney David Hersh.
Listen to Ring of Fire on Mondays-Saturdays from 3pm -- 6pm Eastern! Listen live via the ProgressiveVoicesChannel on TuneIn: http://tunein.com/radio/Progressive-Voices-s189055/
Or find a station here: http://www.ringoffireradio.com/station/
Watch Ring of Fire every Sunday at 12pm Eastern/9am Pacific on Free Speech TV!
Support Ring of Fire by subscribing to our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/golefttv
You can also support us here: http://www.ringoffireradio.com/support/
Your continued support keeps Ring of Fire on the air!
Listen to our radio program every Saturday at 3pm Eastern/12pm Pacific. Listen live here: http://www.ringoffireradio.com/listen-live/
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How to Get Federal Judges and U.S. Attorneys to Pay You Thousands to Speak

If you are striving to build a career as a speaker or consultant, you may want to learn how to get federal judges and U.S. Attorneys to pay you thousands to speak. My name isMichael Santos and I was in prison for 26 years. During those 26 years, I prepared every day. Clear steps led me to overcome that struggle. Those steps allowed me to build credentials while I was in prison and to achieve goals. Those goals led to opportunities upon my release. Each opportunities opened new options that led to financial stability.
If you want to build a career as a speaker or consultant, you want to grow. The salient point is that we always need to develop how we think. We need to build mindfulness and critical thinking skills. Those strategies empowered me through 26 years in federal prison. They can empower you, too.
In this video, I reveal how I received an invitation from U.S. AttorneyAlicia Limtiaco and from the senior U.S.District Court JudgeFrances Tydingco-Gatewood to visit Guam and Saipan for a one-week speaking engagement. I traveled to speak with many representatives of Guam’s leadership, including media, business representatives, leaders of prisons and law enforcement and business development. That one week trip generated tens of thousands of dollars in revenues, but it also allowed me to influence thousands of people.
If you’re striving to build a career as a speaker or consultant, you may find some guidance in this video. Learn how to sell yourself and build your pathway to success.
If you want to learn more about how to overcome struggle and prepare for success, you should make sure to read the examples I offer in my free book. Get your copy by clicking the links below.
If you liked this video, please give it thumbs up! Subscribe to my channels and share.
Connect with me at the channels below!
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Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/PrisonToParadise/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FromPrisontoParadise/?ref=bookmarks
Visit PrisonToParadise.com for more information on how to prepare for success. Download free copy of Prison To Paradise at following link: https://www.prisontoparadise.com/YouTubeLandingPage
Call or text Michael: 949-520-0236 / Michael@PrisonToParadise.com

Lets Be Frank With Alicia Ep01

WATCH NOW! EPISODE 1 of Let's Be Frank With Alicia! Let’s Be Frank With Alicia, is an up-close conversational series featuring SenatorFrank B. Aguon, Jr. and former Attorney General and former U.S. Attorney Alicia Anne Garrido Limtiaco. Their new series will frame their perspectives and solutions to Guam’s biggest issues, as well as provide an inside and sometimes behind-the-scenes look at Frank and Alicia in their everyday lives. Stay tuned for more episodes.
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Hasselback explains what the next steps are in the criminal case against the CNMI's AG Ed Buckingham. He talks about the logistics involved in enforcing the Bench Warrant out for Ed Buckingham's arrest and the challenges of such an effort. Hasselback responds to questions regarding the timing of the case explaining that the matters have been under active investigation for quite some time and that the timeline had to be rushed due to the unanticipated early resignation and attempted relocation of Ed Buckingham to the mainland.
VideoSource: KSPN2 NewsSaipan, CNMI 8/7/12, 6PM

The film has eight main segments, corresponding to chapters in the DVD release:

1. Ring of Fire: an overview of the region using wireframe computer animation, and including footage of Hawaiian lava flows as an illustration of how early Earth might have looked. Footage of a new volcano in Chile is also shown.